vendible

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Hers was not a case of vendible charms, it was le bon appetit merely, an Epicurean virtue.

From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell

The New Land fish is a principal and rich and everywhere vendible merchandise; and by the gain thereof shipping, victual, munition, and the transporting of five or six thousand soldiers may be defrayed.'

From Elizabethan Sea Dogs by Wood, William Charles Henry

Their lien upon the State may have its origin in horses, or anything else; for the State buys anything vendible, from Abdul Rahman's most promising importations to a patent, self-acting corkscrew.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Every dollar's worth of vendible property in the world is equal in value to a dollar in gold.

From A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District by Spooner, Lysander

The merchandise that is most vendible here for ready money, is raw silk, damask, black taffety, black and red cloth of the best kind, lead, and such like goods.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert